biblical

/'biblikəl/

Thân thiện

A scholar studies a biblical manuscript in a library.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to, contained in, or in accordance with the Bible: Pertaining to the sacred scriptures of Christianity (the Old and New Testaments) or, by extension, the Hebrew Bible.
   • Resembling the style, scale, or character of something described in the Bible: Used to describe something of immense size, significance, or antiquity, often in a hyperbolic or figurative sense.

Usage Examples

• Relating to the Bible:
  • She is studying biblical Hebrew to read the Old Testament in its original language.
  • The course covers major biblical themes like redemption and covenant.
• Resembling the Bible in scale or character:
  • The flood damage was of biblical proportions.
  • He has a biblical beard, long and untamed.

Advanced Usage

• "biblical times": Refers to the historical era during which the events of the Bible are set.
  • The story is set in biblical times, in the land of Canaan.
• "biblical authority": Refers to the concept of the Bible's teachings as a definitive source of truth or guidance.
  • The doctrine is based on biblical authority.

Variants and Related Words

• Biblically (adverb): In a manner relating to or as described in the Bible.
  • The event is interpreted biblically as a sign.
• Bible (noun): The sacred text itself.
• Non-biblical (adjective): Not found in or conforming to the Bible.

Synonyms

• Scriptural: Relating to sacred writings, especially the Bible.
• Canonical: Accepted as part of the official biblical canon.
• Vast / Colossal / Monumental (for the figurative sense of great scale).

Related Phrases

• Biblical literalism: The belief that the Bible should be interpreted literally.
• Biblical scholarship: The academic study of the Bible.

Related Idioms

• Of biblical proportions: An idiom meaning on a very large, epic, or catastrophic scale.
  • The pandemic was a crisis of biblical proportions.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
   • biblical styles in writing
   • a beard of biblical proportions
   • biblical costumes
2. of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
   • biblical names
   • biblical Hebrew

Từ đồng nghĩa

• scriptural